Have you tried using wget. It has automation and batching capabilities.
Don't use it myself, but I sure someone on the list does. You should be
able to tell an ftp client to change the remote directory with the cd
command.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seth Dimbert [mailto:s.dimbert@fhmr.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:17 AM
> To: KCLUG (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: Permissions Question
> 
> 
> I appreciate everyone's input regarding security... the 
> server in question
> is only accessible through our LAN and nobody even really 
> knows it's there.
> So I'm not worried.
> 
> Unrelated question: When I ftp in to the server, I use a user 
> I created
> called Webmaster. He has ownership and rights to all the appropriate
> directories (/var/www). But, when I ftp in, I end up in 
> /home/webmaster and
> have to climb up and over to the right directory.
> 
> Plus, when I try to use a webcam client to auto-upload 
> pictures of our call
> center, it's unable to ftp into the appropriate directories.
> 
> How to I set the ftp daemon to understand that I want the 
> files put into
> /var/www/html and not /home/webmaster?
> 
> -SD
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of JD Runyan
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:22 AM
> To: KCLUG (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Permissions Question
> 
> 
> login in as you
> 
> then "su -"
> 
> You are now root
> On Mar 21 09:22, Seth Dimbert wrote:
> > OK - I know I'm missing something.
> >
> > I got the Linux Box set up and know that I'm not supposed 
> to use it as
> root.
> >
> > So, I created a login for myself, then another with 
> ownership of the web
> > directories.
> >
> > But now the box is back with the other servers and I 
> connect to it via
> > telnet and ftp. And now, since I want to install FrontPage 
> Extensions, I
> > need to upload files to usr/local, which I can't do. Then, 
> to run the
> > install script, I'll need to login as root, which I can't 
> do via telnet.
> >
> > What am I missing?
> >
> > -SD
> >
> >
> >
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> 
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> JD Runyan
> Mid-Range Systems Administrator
> USDA NITC Kansas City
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